June 18, 2014

Author of Russian Anti-Gay Law May Face Mental Health Screening
Filed by John M. Becker | June 18, 2014 | 7:00 PM |A Russian petition calling on the government to investigate the mental health of a notorious anti-LGBT lawmaker has gathered the 100,000 signatures required for a government response.Read More

Marriage Cases From Four States Will Be Heard on Same Day
Filed by John M. Becker | June 18, 2014 | 6:00 PM |On Wednesday, August 6, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati will hear marriage equality-related cases from four states: Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee.Read More

Group of Michigan Republicans Backs Marriage Equality
Filed by John M. Becker | June 18, 2014 | 5:00 PM |A group of 25 prominent Republicans in Michigan have signed onto a brief supporting marriage equality and urging a federal appeals court to uphold a ruling striking down Michigan's marriage ban.Read More

Luxembourg Passes Marriage, Adoption Equality
Filed by John M. Becker | June 18, 2014 | 4:00 PM |Lawmakers in the tiny European Grand Duchy of Luxembourg overwhelmingly passed a marriage and adoption equality bill today.Read More

Judge Brilliantly Smacks Down PA Official's Bid to Defend Marriage Ban
Filed by John M. Becker | June 18, 2014 | 3:00 PM |This morning a federal district court judge blocked a Pennsylvania county official's attempt to defend the state's now-defunct marriage discrimination amendment.Read More

Colbert Debates Marriage Equality With Olson and Boies
Filed by John M. Becker | June 18, 2014 | 2:00 PM |"The whole reason I got married was as a taunt to gay people that they could not get married."Read More

Gay TX Dads Denied Parental Rights to Their Own Sons
Filed by John M. Becker | June 18, 2014 | 1:00 PM |For two new gay dads in Texas, this Father's Day was marred by heartbreak: a family court judge denied them parental rights to their own children.Read More

Like an Animal: Push It Real Good
Filed by Bil Browning | June 18, 2014 | 12:00 PM |It's Hump Day and you're looking for something to make you smile and giggle before you go back to moping that there's still days of work to go before the weekend. We got you.Read More

'Clueless' Star Claims GOP Supports Marriage Equality
Filed by John M. Becker | June 18, 2014 | 11:00 AM |Stacey Dash, star of the 1995 hit movie "Clueless": "[The idea that the GOP opposes marriage equality] is just propaganda, that's not true."Read More

Jon Stewart Rips Texas GOP on 'Ex-Gay' Therapy
Filed by John M. Becker | June 18, 2014 | 10:00 AM |Trying to bring heterosexuality out of gay people is "like giving a woman a C-section who's not pregnant. You won't find what you're looking for, but you will leave a scar."Read More

Obama Praises LGBT Progress, Says We Must 'Keep Working'
Filed by John M. Becker | June 18, 2014 | 9:00 AM |President Barack Obama spoke last night at an NYC Democratic LGBT fundraiser about the incredible progress the country has made on equality during his administration, but reminded the audience that much work remains to be done.Read More